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It was a short lucid event...as mine tend to be...but encouraging nevertheless (and anticipated). Yesterday, for the first time during the day, I managed to jerk out of my daytime "dream" on about 10 occasions (the "dream" that is not "awareness") I usually get so caught up in daytime living that I only manage a few. I only practiced the awareness for a few minutes each time...looking around, thinking "this is a dream," noting body sensations (particularly the feet) but the real breakthrough was the fact that the "trigger" occurred much more frequently. Maybe reading about the brain is helping..."use it or lose it" as the book says and I am much more aware how neurons, axons and dendrites work and how critical it is to stimulate the brain by repetition. I think I really pushed my brain sections when I first learned the dream routines. I remember how tired I often felt, how sometimes I awoke feeling really ill and (what I called) the "flashing" in my eyes. I now know that neurons were being frantically sequestered from other tasks to cope with my new demands. The basics are now firmly implanted so hopefully, when health problems etc are resolved I will be even more back on track. I was dreaming about a town and I had somehow entered a place where I sensed I should not be and I was poking about in some equipment and I broke a piece off. I retreated apparently still clutching a bar of metal and decided to return to the (hall?) and replace it but I could not find the place again. That is a major DS for me and might have started the LD process. The dream was more vivid than usual and I remember tossing the metal into a nearby <PERSON> then thinking "I am dreaming!" By now, I can keep the excitement at a reasonable level and I resolved to look around and not dash off (another first really). Then I thought "RC" (good) and decided to levitate. I had resolved to try 2 or 3 RC's and maybe suddenly change the order (further validating the lucidity) but I am happy that I full-filled most of my training. I rose cautiously but started to go out of control a bit so I abandoned that and focussed on a nearby pub. It was beautifully clad in small bright green tiles and all there was a small war memorial alongside it. Then I felt the dream ending. Damn! I have same old 2 problems...the shortness of my LD's and the fact that they are generally at the top of the night (usually after at least 7 hours sleep + a WBTB). I assumed it was lack of melatonin but I now have 1.9mg tablets which I have occasionally taken at various times throughout the night with no effect so far. I am going to try 2 tabs one night (although the Spanish chemist was apparently shocked when asked for 4mg tabs and, knowing how even Spanish painkillers are at higher strengths than allowed in the UK, I am understandably cautious) Hopefully, the "awareness" trigger is here to stay and I can further extend the periods of awareness. So...a good result for me and maybe a sign of more to come P.S. I had a "romantic" dream 2 nights ago...not sex...but hey! that is over-rated (I can afford to say that at my age) But, I would rather have a romance with a good plot than a quick "wham bam thank you DC" but can I have it lucid next time?